1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

1946 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay		women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.^[1]

Gold	Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson  Sweden
Silver	Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy  France
Bronze	Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David  Czechoslovakia

25 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Sweden	Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson	41.5
	France	Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy	42.0
	Czechoslovakia	Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David	42.2	NR
4	Netherlands	Jan Lammers Chris van Osta Jo Zwaan Gabe Scholten	42.3
5	Great Britain	Thomas Jover Bert Liffen Robert Roach Jack Archer	42.4
6	Belgium	Herman Kunnen Fernand Bourgaux François Braekman Pol Braekman	43.5

24 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Great Britain	Thomas Jover Bert Liffen Robert Roach Jack Archer	42.3h	Q
2	Belgium	Herman Kunnen Fernand Bourgaux François Braekman Pol Braekman	42.4h	Q
3	Czechoslovakia	Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David	42.6	NR, Q
4	Norway	Kjell Mangset Peter Bloch Rolf Bakken Haakon Tranberg	42.8h
5	Denmark	Tage Egemose Børge Stougaard Gunnar Christensen Arne Thisted	43.1h

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Sweden	Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson	41.9h	Q
2	France	Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy	42.3h	Q
3	Netherlands	Jan Lammers Chris van Osta Jo Zwaan Gabe Scholten	42.4h	Q
4	Italy	Michele Tito Giusto Cattoni Carlo Manara Carlo Monti	42.5h

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.